Biography

Born:18 September 1905, Stockholm Sweden
Death:15 April 1990, New York, USA (pneumonia)
Real Name:Greta Lovisa Gustafsson
Nickname:The Face
Facts:
-In 1922 to 1924, she studied at Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, she met the Swedish director Mauritz Stiller.
-When Stiller went to the United States in 1925 to work for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he insisted that Garbo be given a contract as well
-She had a great romance with great actor John Gilbert
-Having achieved enormous success as a silent movie star, she was one of the few who made the transition to talkies
-Her most important silence movie- torrent(1926); flesh and the devil(1927);Love (1927)
-John Gilbert, whose popularity was waning, did not fare as well after the advent of talkies and his career faltered
-She then had a contract dispute with MGM and she signed a new contract, which granted her almost total control over her films
-She exercised that control by getting her leading man, Laurence Olivier, replaced on Queen Christina (1934) with former costar John Gilbert.
-Garbo was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Anna Christie (1930), Romance (1930), Camille (1937) and Ninotchka (1939).
-It was MGM's Anna Karenina (1935) where she, perhaps, gave the performance of her life. She was absolutely breathtaking in the title role as a woman torn between two lovers and her son.
-Her famous line "I want to be alone."
Her last film Two-Faced Woman (1941) failed at the box office, Garbo retired at the height of her success
-After World War II, Greta, by her own admission, felt that the world had changed perhaps forever and she retired, never again to face the camera. She would work for the rest of her life to perpetuate the Garbo mystique.
-Famous talkie films Grand Hotel(1932); Queen Christina(1933); Camile(1936); Ninotchka (1939)
-In 1954, Greta was given a special Oscar for past unforgettable performances.
-Her performance as Ninotchka in Ninotchka (1939) is ranked #25 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
-Her performance as Ninotchka in Ninotchka (1939) is ranked #53 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.
-Gary Cooper was reportedly one of her favorite actors. She requested him for several of her films, but nothing ever materialized.
-She was Adolf Hitler's favorite actress.
-When asked in her later years by a fan if she is Greta Garbo, she said "I *was* Greta Garbo."
-Some said that Garbo was bissexual.

Photos Garbo in films

Filmography

Two-Faced Woman (1941) .... Karin Borg Blake
Ninotchka (1939) .... Nina Yakushova 'Ninotchka' Ivanoff
Conquest (1937) .... Countess Marie Walewska
Camille (1936) .... Marguerite Gautier
Anna Karenina (1935) .... Anna Karenina
The Painted Veil (1934) .... Katrin Koerber Fane
Queen Christina (1933) .... Queen Christina
As You Desire Me (1932) .... Zara aka Maria
Grand Hotel (1932) .... Grusinskaya
Mata Hari (1931) .... Mata Hari
Susan Lenox (1931) .... Susan Lenox
Inspiration (1931) .... Yvonne Valbret
Anna Christie (1931) .... Anna Christie
Romance (1930) .... Madame Rita Cavallini
Anna Christie (1930) .... Anna Christie
The Kiss (1929) .... Irene Guarry
The Single Standard (1929) .... Arden Stuart Hewlett
Wild Orchids (1929) .... Lillie Sterling
A Woman of Affairs (1928) .... Diana Merrick Furness
The Mysterious Lady (1928) .... Tania Fedorova
The Divine Woman (1928) .... Marianne
Love (1927/I) .... Anna Karenina
Flesh and the Devil (1926) .... Felicitas
The Temptress (1926) .... Elena
Torrent (1926) .... Leonora Moreno

Wallpaper-Greta Garbo